In order to stop COVID-19, authorities in Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetia have banned funerals and wakes. But now that restriction is being violated en masse.
They did not underestimate the risks, focused on preventative measures and prioritized long-term social wellbeing over short-term economic considerations.
With young people on tenterhooks, a robust recovery includes a European Green Deal and the enforcing of Article 7 sensible safeguards against treaty violations.
States urgently need to rethink their individual responses to COVID-19 and coordinate a collective approach to include and protect all people living in their territories. Español Português
